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(b) Other deserving eases included the arrangement for assisting T.B. eases and the recom­
mendation of artificial limbs for poor persons who arc maimed, etc.

3. Village Welfare.
This is a very important subject and so far the Department has only been able to touch
the fringes of it. Periodic visits were paid by the Public Relations Officer to the villages, and
numerous letters were received concerning them. The following were the main activities :—

Water Supplies.
The Department conducted a survey of the water position in the villages and as a result
it made a list of priorities taking into consideration the present source of water, its quality,
quantity, etc. At each meeting of the Water and Agricultural Committee the Department
submitted a number of applications for village water supplies and it is hoped that in the not
too distant future all the villages of Bahrain will possess supplies of clean artesian water.

It seems obvious that a Department should be established to deal with Village Welfare.
The organisation of village councils, village cleansing, water supplies, cottage industries, etc.,
are a full-time occupation for one Department.

The Department was also visited daily by people with various problems or requests, and,
whenever possible, they were given assistance or advice.

Public Relations.
(a) The Radio.
The Bahrain Broadcasting Station “Huna Bahrain,” came into operation on 5th May, 1955,
and was officially opened by His Highness the Ruler, who delivered a speech which was broad­
cast during the ceremony. The Station consists of a single 2 kilowatt transmitter and two
studios while in the control room there are two studio tape recorders, a portable recorder and
two disc players. Most of the equipment was presented to the Government by the Bahrain
Petroleum Company.

appointed Dircctor^of Firm°»■W°f^C<? lwc*ve years in the Education Department , was #
Secondary School who ™ ^ss,slcd Mr. Abd Al Rahman Abdulla, a graduate of the

was
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on ffiSL TLWaS PlUlmS 0Ul a lx‘Sular *"icc 0°'" 8-9.30 nightly and 8.30-10
talks including those ih Pro8rammes which were broadcast included plays, educational
Stories Arab Tories no famous Arabic and European literature, etc., Quranic
‘‘the book of the week ” ”knmJCSS rCVICWS’ 8rouP programmes, womens’ and children’s hours,
requests We have also a Pm y°ar country,” microphone interviews,short stories and listeners
onjahrainTmusic0recordedTrTthe fi"mU$ic' indudi"S a c°"siderab,e

telligensia will not complain of the w as ^fenced a programme as possible so that the in-
be bored by the talks. In order to n ^ ° ,mus,c» while the ‘‘man in the coffee shop” will not
are always eager to listen to suoPc'fSCSS Pu^,cs.v,ews, the members of the Department
and from time to time surveys 'ircrn!^ a?d 10 rcceivc icllers concerning the programmes,
nrjEJS^a rcsu,t or
,hese invc;liga,ions
broadcast. During31955 this wa^don^10(^*,av,!16 obtained permission to pay the artistes who
was naturally more difficult to pick and choose and. w,li,e wc ,iad an excellent response, it

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